Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

  • -- Scott Adams 史考特·亚当斯

自由意志是一种幻觉。人们总是选择感知到的最大快乐的道路。

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Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

的确,满是缺点是一种罪恶;但是,满是幻想却不愿意去认识它们,这是更大的罪恶,因为这是一种自愿性幻想的进一步错误。

Implicit in true freedom of spirit lies a proud and virile will. Such glorious power of free will to choose, envisages beneficent social responsibility as manifest and welcome.

真正的精神自由中隐含着骄傲和刚强的意志。这种选择的自由意志的光辉力量,把慈善的社会责任看作是显而易见和受欢迎的。

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

我要像真理一样严酷,像正义一样不妥协……我是认真的,我不会含糊其辞,我不会辩解,我不会后退一英寸,我将被倾听。

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

在刺激和反应之间有一个空间。在那个空间里,是我们选择回应的力量。我们的回应中包含着我们的成长和自由。

The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.

生活乐趣的爆发使我在迷失自我中找到了自我;忘记了我的存在,我认识了自己。

The paths that we choose don't always take us where we want to go. Sometimes they take us where we need to go.

我们选择的道路并不总是带我们去我们想去的地方。有时他们带我们去我们需要去的地方。

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

人们说你必须触底,而且,我可以告诉你,濒临死亡是人生的最低点。

The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.

我们的心太自然地倾向于享乐,却太容易屈服于放荡。

Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.

进步不是幻觉,它会发生,但它是缓慢的,总是令人失望的。

How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!

一个暴君的工具会多么奇怪地歪曲文字的意思!

People inspire you, or they drain you - pick them wisely.

人们会激励你,也会榨干你——明智地选择他们。